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CC, SEAS receive highest number of early applicants ever

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions received 4,461 early decision applications to Columbia College and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science for the class of 2023, the highest number of early applicants in Columbia’s history.

This year, the office reviewed 376 more applications for the class of 2023 than they did for the class of 2022.

Early application decisions will be released online Thursday evening at 7 p.m. ET.